Season 26, Episode 1 Moll Flanders

First Aired: October 13, 1996

Alex Kingston stars as "Moll Flanders," the heroine of Daniel Defoe's bawdy 1722 novel. In Part 1 of two, Moll recounts her upbringing as a servant; her first two marriages; and her fateful third union with a Virginia plantation owner (Tom Ward). Lemuel's Mother: Diana Rigg. Rowland: Colin Buchanan. Jemmy: Daniel Craig.

Premise: PBS's longest running (and most honored) dramatic series is an Anglophile's delight, featuring British adaptations of literary classics and original works. The first `Masterpiece' was `The First Churchills,' and since then it has won nine Peabodys and 29 E… (more)